Down Nehrt

The OWLS Tuesday route took us out 45 to Tunnel Road, down Robinson to Nehrt, through the neighborhood the easy way. After a regrouping at the Fire House we took Bethel to Hinkle down to Lake Griffey and then back through town via Fee Lane.

Several back roads were pretty messy after the heavy rain on Monday night. Lake Griffey also look to have a lot of brush and mud and such washed in by the rain run-off.

Before descending to Griffey one rider had a flat (is this the first of the season on an OWLS ride?), which took some time to fix. I think it was a pinch flat. Unfortuantely the new tube was damaged during installation and a second tube had to be used. Nice to have prepared friends with spare tubes! I enjoyed offering my tire tool gadget that can pull that last difficult bit of a tire onto the rim without damaging the tube. It worked! I also offered up my little bike pump that performs like a small shop pump, so that you can hold it with a foot and put your body into it. We got a good 80 pounds into the tire that way.

We had 15 riders. I heard that the "Intermediate Group" had 23. We encountered the faster training group on the way out of town. They must have had 15-20 riders. That means that on a nice Tuesday evening we had upwards of 53 cyclists out for training rides!

P.S. Here's a link to a description of my VAR Tire Lever.